rifle-bearing

A rifle-bearing soldier leads the way, but only by the tiniest of margins, followed by an engineer in a hard hat.

North Korean elite secretly jostle for the reins of power Peter Beaumont 2010

My hands bear as many callouses as my soldier's rifle-bearing hands, but my heart is just as proud.

What Would You Say? - SpouseBUZZ 2008

We walked perhaps four miles altogether after leaving the town, with the rifle-bearing man trailing behind us, until Mahmoud touched my elbow and led me off the road into an almost imperceptible path through a thicket of some Palestinian cousin of the gorse, all spine and grab.

O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

We walked perhaps four miles altogether after leaving the town, with the rifle-bearing man trailing behind us, until Mahmoud touched my elbow and led me off the road into an almost imperceptible path through a thicket of some Palestinian cousin of the gorse, all spine and grab.

O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

Pictures of rifle-bearing soldiers getting off a military transport plane at Kinshaha's N'djili aiport were broadcast by the station.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

There was Crockett, the Georgian, who had been an Internal Revenue officer, and had waged perilous war on the rifle-bearing "moonshiners."

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

There was Crockett, the Georgian, who had been an Internal Revenue officer, and had waged perilous war on the rifle-bearing "moonshiners."

I. Raising the Regiment 1899

A very short experience with the rifle-bearing portion of mankind changes the big-horn into a quarry whose successful chase taxes to the utmost the skill alike of still-hunter and of mountaineer.

The Big-Horn Sheep 1896

We may safely assume that all lands well suited to agriculture, mining and grazing will become populated by rifle-bearing men, with the usual result to the wild mammals and birds.

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

They seemed to be unguarded and left entirely to their own devices, but the moment they attempted to go beyond the noisy limits of the camp they were confronted by a rifle-bearing young warrior who sternly motioned them back.

At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear Kirk Munroe 1890